Mr. Paul McDermott:

We encourage all our governing bodies to have programmes to engage with the sector, but particularly for older people. For example, in golf they have a lot of programmes for people with a disability. They target people because individual sports involve more of a life-long participation. Also, people might be recovering from a health setback, and they are coming together under health groups and working with golf and golf clubs. The Senator is absolutely right to identify that. It is a very important need. There are gaps in participation, both for older people and for people with disability, and of course they compound when it is an older person with a disability. We work to identify that gap. As Ms McTavish stated, we are working with local sports partnerships and the national governing bodies. The Senator is right to identify this issue and it is one we are working with all our stakeholders to address.